/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.7675702]

How do we read all of those textbook PDFs that we all pirate? Do you use a monitor pivoted vertically? Do you import it to an e-reader/tablet? I'm curious to what everyone uses since we seem to link PDF files and recommend all of these textbooks on a daily basis.

[Anonymous No.7675710]

>>7675702
I would use an ipad if I had one, especially for journal articles. Otherwise I just view it in default mode on my chromebook
> pic related

[Anonymous No.7675711]

>>7675702

I double click it, and then begin reading.

[Anonymous No.7675713]

>>7675702
you are autistic as fuck
just read the god damn thing you fucking piece of shit

[Anonymous No.7675717]

>>7675711
>implying you read

[Anonymous No.7675721]

>>7675713
>he's not autistic
must suck being sub-par at science and mathematics

[Anonymous No.7675724]

>>7675721
at least we dont need guided instructions on how to read fucking words on a screen

[Anonymous No.7675726]

>>7675702
What a dumb thread
Fucking kill yourself

[Anonymous No.7675736]

>>7675702
>being this autistic

[Anonymous No.7675737]

>>7675724
who is asking for guided instructions lol are you on drugs?

[Anonymous No.7675745]

>>7675713
This.
OP is a moron.

[Anonymous No.7675754]

>>7675711
>>7675713
>>7675724
>>7675726
>>7675736
>>7675745
>being this mad over nothing
kek

[Anonymous No.7675756]

>>7675721
>>7675754
>must suck being sub-par at science and mathematics
>kek

[Anonymous No.7675770]

>>7675756

[Anonymous No.7675814]

>>7675702
Just print off the parts you need as you need them.
Then arrange them in order, staple, and read them.

[Anonymous No.7676288]

>>7675702
rotating the screen with continuous page is the sole way

all the poors in this thread show their poverty.

ipads are for the uneducated middle class

[Anonymous No.7676291]

>>7675702
I put it on one half of a widescreen monitor, then put something else on the other half because I rarely just read and do nothing else. I hope you have your taskbar on the side.

[Anonymous No.7676550]

Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I absolutely can't stand reading pdf textbooks. I have a 15.6" notebook, an 8.9" high-resolution tablet and a 6" ebook reader (bought for reading fiction) and I can't really learn much when reading a textbook on any of them.

[Anonymous No.7676559]

>>7676550
You can get used to it. I felt the same way until I was forced to use PDFs. It's just a matter of comfort zones and those can be redistricted if you do it the new way enough.

[Anonymous No.7676578]

I have a kindle paperwhite and it's completely terrible for reading pdfs in, but it's a hell of a lot lighter to carry around than a laptop so I have gotten used to it. Otherwise I do what OP does and do that vertical screen thing on my second screen.

[Anonymous No.7677673]

>>7676288

im fine with my ipad man ortho every other tablet wouldve been smarter

but at least I can lie on my back while reading.

enjoy your future body quasimodo

[Anonymous No.7677675]

>>7676288
>ipads are for the uneducated middle class
>>7676288
>rotating the screen with continuous page is the sole way

>HUUUURRR DURRRRR
>Stop liking what I don't like! :^(

kill yourself

[Anonymous No.7677679]

>>7675702
>Do you use a monitor pivoted vertically?

autism intensifies

[Anonymous No.7678207]

>>7675702
>How do we read
What do you mean by "we", Peasant?

[Anonymous No.7678213]

Are you people all fucking retarded?

Clearly a 2560x1440p portait mode IPS panel is the best for reading pirated pdf textbooks.

>being so poor you have to submit yourself to 1080p TNshit
>being so poor your monitor doesn't flip vertically
>being so poor you don't have two monitors

[Anonymous No.7678551]

>>7678207
kill yourself

[Anonymous No.7678575]

Just buy the fucking book or use a decent tablet.

[Anonymous No.7680343]

bump

[Anonymous No.7680347]

>>7675702
I don't like working off screens, despite the fact that you can in theory have more annotations per page than on hard-copy, hard copy is just easier in most cases, until I can find something to seamlessly put decent LaTeX notations anywhere on pdfs I'll be buying my hard copies for anything I care about.

[Anonymous No.7680364]

>>7676288
>ipads are for the uneducated middle class
Agreed.

[Anonymous No.7680368]

>>7677673
>I can lie on my back while reading.
>Implying you'll actually learning anything.

Lying on your back is for sleeping or for a women waiting to be fucked. Not for active studying.

[Anonymous No.7681076]

not to sound like a fedora tippin, i like to bring my typewriter to starbucks faggot, but i feel disconnected from the material when its on a montior and even on a 10" tablet. i feel more engaged and connected with the material with my hand on the page and print.

[Anonymous No.7681136]

Someone needs to come out with a new version of the Kindle DX. Surely technology has improved since the DX was designed in 2010. Something lighter, higher res screen with more levels of grayscale would be nice. Color of course would be great but I can live without it for most PDFs.

[Anonymous No.7681156]

>>7681136
I've invented a new meta-material called Portable Archived Personal Enumerating Reader which I believe might help with this.

[Mikro No.7681436]

standing

[Anonymous No.7681570]

>>7681156
Sounds bulky for more than a small amount of data.

[Anonymous No.7681602]

pic related is the perfect solution

[Anonymous No.7681613]

I just turned my regular TN monitor vertical (it's not supposed to be vertical).

It's kinda cool in terms of layout, but each eye sees a mildly different image due to high "vertical" angle sensitivity.
It really sucks being poor.


>>7675702

If I could afford it, I'd buy and e-reader.
Or at least a big, high pixel density OLED tablet.